Prābhākara school of Mimamsa

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf school of Indian philosophy
gptkbp:focusesOn hermeneutics of Vedic texts
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Prabhākara
gptkbp:hasConcept Five means of knowledge (pramāṇas)
Anvitābhidhāna-vāda (theory of connected meaning)
Denial of arthāpatti (presumption as a separate means of knowledge)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prābhākara school of Mimamsa
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Navya-Nyāya
later Indian epistemology
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:mainLine gptkb:Ṛjuvimalā
gptkb:Bṛhatī
gptkb:Laghvī
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Śālikanātha
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (as opponent)
gptkbp:opposedBy Bhāṭṭa school of Mimamsa
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Mimamsa
gptkbp:period 6th century CE
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Sphoṭa_theory
Doctrine of tripuṭī-pratyakṣa (cognition involves three elements: knower, known, knowledge)
gptkbp:region gptkb:India
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prabhakara_Mishra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6